General performance
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Yes polyculture to me I say is the best interms of stabilizing my finances since am not dependent only on one crop
Unintended positive side effects of practice
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Yes very positive. Already it has made me well adapted to climate change. Farmers who complaint alot about the impact of climate change on their farms, cannot compare with me.
Unintended negative side effect of practice
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No it has no negative side effect.
Knowledge and skills required for practice
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No it does not you just need to know how to place the crops in the field.
Labour required for practice
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It requires less labour as it is an easy to go practice with long lasting effects.
Cost associated with practice
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The only cost spend could be only when seeds are purchased or better say planting materials.
Does it work in degraded environments?
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This is a very great practice for degraded lands especially as it is very beneficial to improving soil fertility as a result of dead debriss from the leaves of plants
Does it help restore land?
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It is very effective for landscape restoration and it improving greening which also is an attraction to eco-tourism
Climate change vulnerability effects
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The practice is very effective especially for adaptation since one can be sure of well conserve soils which are moist. The practice also reduces of heating as the leaves of crops and other plants helps shade the soil.
Time requirements
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Well this practice is time conscious. It allows the integration of both short term, medium term and longterm crops. So for timing it will depend on the crops planted and their harvesting time. It is a practice well adapted especially for an African cropping campaigns.